Non-refillable bottle.



H. EBERHARD.

NON-REP1LLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED 11113.25, 1913.

1,1 1 9,257. Patented 1300.1,1914

"{EINRICH EBEHARD, OT." BASEL. SWITZERLAND.`

NON-REFILLABLB BOTTLE.

Application filed February 2.5. 1913.

To f'1/-v'/`mm t may Umor/'2 life il known that l. iluminan lnvizimmi. a iiu'eu of the Swiss ltr-public. residing al' l'awl. in Su'itxrrlauil. have invented cer ain neu and use'ul luipim'uiuents in Non l'vliilalile lolles. nl' which thv lollo'n ing.r if i speiritication,

This: invention relates to non-relllahlc bottle# of the type in which a huoyant \al\'e liu a :wat at :fr near the hase of the bottle neck and is held down on the said .seat 'u v a hall neight. mln-n the bottle is upright. `il'hen a bottle of this type is tilted for pouring: out liquid. the hall eight rolls :may l'rolu the wlw. and is thon stopped lli' :i gruard in thv iiottlonurk. aud th:` lh; uid is uhlf.' to displzfi ilu` salul lriuu ii-1 :si-:it and llo-a oui. lt has lawn found in mnuwiiiai uiih lioltlcs ol' this` type that the w K usuallj.' a hollow, tapered body) is liable lo r ik. so that frequently the hotllo has to lie s. ikrn. :f fitr tilting" it, in order if remove thi.y

alie from its seat.

'hh-vi. :fi thv irzyenion is to ol, iati his ilisfiilmnijfv :md provide :in auxiliary il e if.: iplickliv removed vii the bottle has heen tilted has rolh'd away. lo liir lid in :uli

.1 ffii Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

Serial No. 750,555.

other vudrliy a guard f fixed in the neck. 'Thu head ol the valve is considerably larger than lla; ,anni w. and its weight comprises about im! thirds of the total weight ofthe i ali-e. 'l'lw lwad iin-loses a tumbling Weight 5;. in the form of a disk which exceeds in ilianwter the diameter of the constricted lower part ol' the head, but is of smaller liaiiuler than the coneavo-convex roof of this head. lt will he understood that the night ,f/ is not sulliciently heavy to destroy the hurry-invii ol' the valve.

The guard f in the neck of the bottle has laui channels j" which allow the liquid to flow ihrough the neck. As shown in Fig. 2, une liuili ot' earh of these channels is longer than the other. so that the guard. forms an nitiative obstruction to the insertion ot a lwlimillj; lient, u, ire whereby the valve coild la* tampered with. The guard, Which Can .slide into thiA neck from the top. is xed by :infuus of :i ,short metal or `glass rod L cn- ;anirg the ofi-omi l. This rod is slidable in :i tranm'maaf vlmwnel in the guard, and abuts iu this4 rhaufwl against a plug h of elastic wirk. o that illu rod can be pushed back in 1li." rhauuifl. m allow thc guard to enter the hwk. lult thrust outward to engage the gromt when the rod arrives opposite the said groin i. The connection thus made betum-n the-,guard and the neck can only be unmadn hv breaking the neck.

lV mar -nii: t.i'ii 't the valve c of aluminium "incr light material, the ball l being of hina or other suitable material. The avlium of the device will be clear from the drawing; `When the bottle is tilted, as shawn in Fi; the 1wall fl rolls away from elw valve f toward the guard f. and the vtr-ight 'ff tils` mer within the icad of the wlw and tuinhles against the roof of the l'ua'l. thus delivering a lilow which assists in www imi the. valve from its seat.

lt will he clear that the bottle cannot be rvlillvd while held in a tilted position, bemusiliiiuifl introduced into the neck Will l l'i the .'alw to its scat.

What l daim as in v invention and desire to sia-:rre hv Letters Patent of the-United ."iilis is. l

in a hotlv haring a neck the combination :if i i :di r mit in said neck; a buoyant valve @impr in a hollow head anda stem joined will iwal. .said valve Mad fitting on said hut being capable of rocking in all diii'msfhoreof, a bailvn'eight in said neck above said valve; means retaining said ballcomplete withdrawal of the valve stem 1( weigh 1n sald neck but allowing limited from the orifice within said valve seat. movement of said'weight between said valve In witness whereof I have signed this and the mouth of said neck; and a flat specification in the presence of two Wittumbling Weight in said hollow valve head, nesses.

arranged to tumble against the roof of said HEINRICH EBERHARD, head when the bottle is inverted, whereby Witnesses: said valve head is knocked off .its seat; said GEO. GIFFORD,

retaining means and ball-weight preventing ARNOLD ZUBER. 

